Meaning & use

scads

noun·Everyday

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A large number or amount of something.

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They had scads of leftover candy after Halloween.

She has scads of experience running small businesses.

A note on using this word

"Scads" is always used in the plural and almost exclusively in casual speech, often followed by "of."

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